JUST IN: Fire Guts Maria Assumpta Catholic Cathedral In Imo

Last Sunday night, the Maria Assumpta Cathedral Catholic Archdiocese in Owerri, Imo State, was completely destroyed by fire.

According to an eyewitness, the fire started around 11:48 p.m. and only affected a section of the main church building, which caught fire.

It was triggered by an electrical problem, according to a Catholic Priest who asked not to be identified.

He explained that “The fire was not that much. It was as a result an electrical fault. It started from a room in the church where most of the wire connection was done. Yes, it damaged so many things. You know there was no how a fire will not damage something.

“By God’s grace, the fire did not go far, with the efforts of other people it was put off. So it’s just an electrical fault.”

Another, eyewitness among those who assisted in putting off the fire, said: “When the fire started we heard an explosion from the area. There were sparkling electrical wires and the next was the fire. It could be those electronic gadgets and musical instruments in that section of the church building. We thank God God that it was not much. We saw it was the wrong wire connection.

“Many people came and were using water and other substance to extinguish the fire and lucky enough we succeeded in quenching the fire.”